Locking device for gear-shift levers of automobiles.



W. H. E. PENDLETON. LOCKING DEVIGE FOR GEAR SHIFT LEVEES OP AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1912.

1 ?5 666. Patented 001;. 14, 1913.

WITH asses LOCKING DEVIGE FUR GEAR-SHIFT LEVERS 6F AUTGMCBELES.

application filed Itiay 31, 1912.

0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, vViLLIAM H. E. PEN- eLic'roN, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city of Venice, county 0;?" Les r ngel s, and State of California. have in a new and useiul Locking Device for Gear-Shift Levers of .iiutomobiles, of which the ii'illowing is a specification.

This invention relates to locking device applicable to the ti -slot selective type of gear control with which the greater number of automobiles now on the market are equipped. By this invention a simple, eilicient and inexpensive lock of the character stated is provided.

An object of the invention is so to construct the lock that it may readily be applied to various makes of cars having gear control of the tl-slot type.

(Ether objects and advantages may herein- .after appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is an isometrical view of the slotted base plate or guide for the gear shiftlever, showing the locking device in the operative position, the outline of the gear shift lever being indiaitcd in dotted lines; Fig. 9. is a top plan view of Fig. l the gear shift lever being sectioned; Fig. 3 is a side elevation, one side the slotted member being broken away, the gear shift lever being shown full lines and the pad-loch being omitted.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the slotted member 1 is provided with the usual inain guic e slots 2 and 3 and the slot t (see l igi l) for holding the gear shift lever 5 in the neutral position. Said slot 4 divides the central bar into two sections (3 and 7.

Tie locking device proper includes a tieplab 8 adapted for edgewise insertion into eitli r of the main guide slots 2 or 8, said tiepilate being of somewhat greater length than i 1 the/neutral slot 4-. To each end of said tieis swiveled the hook portion or a Each of said links 9 arm ll plpte S hodleshaped link 5). irovided with a short age the lov i the device each lin Specification of Letters Patent.

tie-plate 8 is bent, said tie-plate being doubled over upon itself as shown.

The free ends of the arms 12 are provided with inbent portions formed with eyes it to receive the padlock l7. /hen said lock is in place, the links 9 and tie-pic. combine to embrace the central secth S and 7 together with gear shift lever 5., such a Way that it is impossible to move said lever from the neutral posit-ion.

The dotted lines of Fig. 2 indicate the position to which the links 9 are turned in order that/the short arms or hooks ll may be inserted into one of the main slots and hooked beneath the central bar The tie-plate 8 is provided with a. central downward extension 18 (see guard against unauthorized persons til the locking device in such a manner move it out of operative position.

I claim:

1. The combination, with the slotted member of an H-slot type of gear shift, its tral bar and the gear shift lever the a locking device having a tie-plate d: for edgewise insertion into one slots of the slotted member, said plate of greater length than the neutral slot, ano. means carried by said plate to embrac. a

the same time. both the central.

tion. 1

2. The combination, with the slotted member 01 an t'l-slot type of gear shift, its centralba-r and the gear shift lever thereof, ot' a locking device having a tie plate adapter for edgewise insertion into one of the main slots of the slotted member, said plate being of greater length than the neutral slot, means carried by said plate to embrace at the same time both the central bar and the gear shift lever, and a lock to lock said means to hold said lever in the neutral position, said plate having a downward cxtcrr sion to guard against the same being; tilted out of the neutral position. i

3. The combination, with th ber oi": an l tslot type of sn' tral barai l the gear shift lever a locking device adapted to lever to hold the same in the ation, said locking device coinpri.

and arms pivoted to said link to engage opposite sides of said central bar of said sl0tted member to retain said locking device in the operative position, said arms each having a straight central portion that forms a pivot, said link being adapted for edgewise insertion into one of the slots of the gear shift to prevent lateral movement of the locking lever toward that side When the locking device is in the operativeposition.

i. The combination, with the slotted member of an E-i-slot type of gear shift, its central bar and the gear shift lever thereof, a tie plate, tWo locking members each having an intermediate portion sWiveled to one end of said tie-plate, each of said members havscribing Witnesses at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 25 day of May, 1912. I

WVILLIAM H. E. PENDLETON. Witnesses:

RUSSELL B. CARTER, ALBERT H. MERRILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

